aimless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- aimlessly adverb
- aimlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of aimless
Example Sentences
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It would take roughly 12 hours to watch the show from start to finish, but Stoschek and Kittelmann recommend an hour or two of aimless wandering.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
And that in turn prevents you from aimless or unthinking financial behavior.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
"God help us! She is spineless, shameless and completely aimless," Badenoch told MPs.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
Beckett’s works defy easy exegesis, but as in many of his other plays, “Endgame” presents us with stylized images of the aimless burdens of existence, the isolation that can be little eased by companionship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
He found small pathways among the boulders, wandering tracks both aimless and purposeful, which led toward the grain store, and also in various other directions which he could not understand.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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